Mama Shelter Marseille / Philippe Starck Following their success in Paris, Mama Shelter have teamed up with international award winning duet Philippe Starck (designer) and Trigano (co-founder of Club Med), and created glamour and luxury by providing a new concept of apartment-hotel linked with a self styled restaurant-bar in the centre of Marseille…
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Sheikh Zayed Bridge / Zaha Hadid Architects Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, about a half-mile long, this bridge connects Abu Dhabi Island to the mainland. The shape is a sine wave, a series of undulating curves that soar almost 200 feet above the water. From the perspective of motorists on the structure’s eight-lane highway, the massive steel waves form a parade of spectacular monuments…
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Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Center / Henning Larsen Architects Designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with irregularly-shaped glass panels of different colours. The building was originally part of a redevelopment of the Austurhöfn area dubbed World Trade Center Reykjavík…
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Daeyang Gallery & House / Steven Holl Architects Steven Holl Architects – new york-based firm has completed the Daeyang Gallery and House, located in the Sungbuk district of Seoul, Korea. The private gallery and house were inspired by a 1967 sketch of a music score by composer Istvan Anhalt called ‘Symphony of Modules’, discovered in a book by John Cage titled ‘Notations’…
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Necker Island Private Resort / Virgin Limited Edition Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island Resort in the heart of the British Virgin Islands provides the kind of laid-back luxury in beautiful surroundings that is a balm for the soul. Sir Richard bought the island in the late 1970s and began a development programme that would see it grow into an exclusive resort…
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Tori Tori Restaurant / Rojkind Arquitectos + ESRAWE Studio Mexican architects Rojkind Arquitectos and industrial designer Hector Esrawe have designed a Japanese restaurant for Mexico City.Called Tori Tori Restaurant, the project involves converting a house but aims to make the building unrecognisable…
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51º Spa Residences / Michael Graves & Associates New York-base architects Michael Graves & Associates has designed 51 Degrees residences,This is comprised of luxury residences and a 6-star boutique hotel in the town of Leukerbad, Switzerland. Because of its favorable climate and abundant sunlight, along with its extraordinary mineral waters, Leukerbad has been the site of thermal baths since Roman times…
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Zhongshan Shipyard Park / Turenscape To Respect the Neglected Culture, Admiring the Beauty of Weeds.The Zhongshan Shipyard Park was created on the site of an old shipyard in the southern Chinese city of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. At one time, the shipyard was the largest employer in Zhongshan, housing, feeding and caring for 1300 workers…
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Punta House / Studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan The Punta House was designed by Brazilian architecture studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan, and is located in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. It is a simple one-level house concept overviewing a reservoir in the countryside with a project area of 465sqm (5,000sqf)…
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The Shard London’s Tallest Tower / Renzo Piano Building Workshop Designed by Renzo Piano; The Shard will be the tallest building in Western Europe, its crystalline façade transforming the London skyline with a mixed-use 310 m (1,016 ft) vertical city of high-quality offices, world-renowned restaurants, the 5-star Shangri-La hotel, exclusive residential apartments and the capital’s highest viewing gallery offering 360° views…
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